Crime & Incidents

Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Perris Station responded to the 17400 block of Mockingbird Canyon in the unincorporated area of Riverside regarding a possible shooting. As deputies arrived no victims were initially located and party goers were unaware of any shooting. Shortly after the deputies arrival on scene, two local hospitals reported six patients ranging in ages from 15-20 years of age seeking medical attention for gunshot wounds. The preliminary investigation revealed an altercation occurred outside of the party near the street. During the altercation, gunfire erupted and all parties fled the area.

A California county has paid $11 million to a man who spent two decades in prison after being wrongly convicted of killing his girlfriend in 1998.

A 52-year-old man died early Monday, Sept. 20, when the pickup he was driving drifted into oncoming traffic near Hemet and collided with a semi truck, the California Highway Patrol said.

The man last seen with Kristin Smart before she vanished from a college campus 25 years ago on the Central California coast will stand trial on a murder charge in her suspected death and his father faces trial as an accomplice for allegedly helping bury her body, a judge ruled Wednesday.

On Tuesday September 14, 2021, at approximately 7:15 PM Gang Task Force Officers were patrolling the area of 500 West Florida Avenue, when they conducted a vehicle check on a Dodge Charger for multiple vehicle code violations. Task Force Officers contacted the driver, Ivan Torres. An inventory search of the vehicle was conducted and a 9mm Handgun, with an altered serial number was found. Torres is a convicted felon and prohibited from possessing a firearm. Torres was arrested on multiple weapons charges and later transported to Riverside County Jail.